As we suspected, the traveling McAllen Thunder won’t finish out the season for the independent United League Baseball season, leaving the circuit at four. We already knew the Alexandria Aces would not complete the 2013 season, and to keep the league at an even number of teams for 2013 the McAllen team suspended operating as […]
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NAL shuts down McAllen, Abilene teams early
The McAllen Thunder and Abilene Prairie Dogs were shut down early by the independent North American League, leading many to wonder whether the teams will be around for 2013. Both teams play in the United Division of the North American League — the six teams playing under the ownership of John Bryant and Byron Pierce, […]
Nueces County sues CB Thunder over unpaid rent
After evicting the Coastal Bend Thunder (independent; United League Baseball) for unpaid rent at Fairgrounds Field in December, Texas’s Nueces County is now going after the team’s owners for maintenance, cleanup and attorney bills totaling $142,000. A lawsuit was filed Monday against the now-defunct franchise. The team had been evicted from the Robstown ballpark over […]
McAllen Thunder details released
As we surmised last week, the new McAllen Thunder (independent; North American League) will be a semi-travel team for the 2011 season, playing its “home” games out of Edinburg Stadium and run by the owners of the Edinburg Roadrunners. Using the name (and uniforms and caps and marks, we assume) of last year’s Coastal Bend […]
North American League schedule released: McAllen in, Henderson out
As we reported two days ago, it’s in for McAllen, out for Henderson, as the independent North American League announces the release of a 2011 schedule that has far less travel between Texas and the West Coast than originally planned by league officials. The new schedule has four United League Baseball Texas teams — McAllen […]
Texas teams, NAL playing separate schedules?
As schedules for the independent North American League are posted to the Web, one interesting fact is emerging: it doesn’t appear as though the four Texas teams in United League Baseball are participating fully in the NAL this season — for good reason. Four? Yes. It looks as though there’s been a change in the […]